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A federal budget, yes, but compromises hurt UO & national physics
Despite agreement by the White House and the Democrat-controlled Congress that science funding is important, the new 2008 federal budget, approved with compromise and rather quietly in December, ended up gutting, at least temporarily, the nation's physics programs. UO's physics department, as a result, was hit hard.
Of culture and tool use: tap into your left parietal cortex
Functional MRI is showing that a person's pantomiming or performing a task involving tools draws from the brain's left hemisphere, and that becomes a problem when a brain injury is involved, says the UO's Scott Frey in a new report
On the road to Paisley, Oregon, to see the caves of the human coprolites
Work of Dennis Jenkins draws a visit from the Jim Lehrer NewsHour and a visit to the archaeological site
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More photos from Paisley Caves
 
UO sci/research tidbits
Various news items from around campus that might be worth chewing on -- or, at least, knowing about
UO's Guillemin develops a fruit fly model for studying infectious diseases
New approach shows how a bacterium's toxic protein can manipulate a signaling pathway, providing a new window for researchers studying a variety of bacteria
PLoS Pathogens cover May 16
 
Time to pursue a 'low carbon society'?
U.S. National Academy of Sciences and other agencies/organizations call for countries to wean themselves off fossil fuel dependency
History Channel looks at dung -- from the Paisley Caves
History Channel segment on "All About Dung," airing June 30, features UO archaeological work at Oregon's Paisley Caves
All About Dung ... AND ... Jim Lehrer NewsHour
The UO's Dennis Jenkins appeared on two television networks in one night (the Jim Lehrer NewsHour on PBS and The History Channel) on Monday, June 30, to talk about the human DNA found in ancient human excrement.
Wealth does not dictate concern for environment
University of Oregon sociologist Richard York is co-author on a study with an Oklahoma State colleague on an article in The Sociological Quarterly. The study finds that that citizens of poorer nations are just as concerned about environmental quality as their counterparts in rich nations.
On science, the candidates say ...
The presidential hopefuls were given a list of questions about their views on science. The answers are in.
Have you seen it? The new issue of Cascade?
The cover story "The Doctor is in" looks at a connection between the UO and local physicians that has helped revive the UO's human physiology department ... but look further and you'll see an awesome new magazine of the College of Arts and Sciences
Look! Good economic news from ONAMI
New, lengthy independent report by SF company finds ONAMI is paying off
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Science in the Northwest now has central Web showcase

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Looking for the latest research news in the Northwest? Collaborating science writers at the leading Northwest research institutions now have a clearinghouse dedicated to the region's major institutions. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory now hosts Science Northwest. Check it out!

 
Projected Rogue River Basin climate impacts described in six UO videos

Bob Doppelt in 2008 Roger Hamilton in 2008

Bob Doppelt and Roger Hamilton of the UO Climate Leadership Initiative went on video to talk about the recently released report featuring climate-change projections for Oregon's Rogue River Basin. Visit our VIDEO PAGE where -- in six videos -- Doppelt talks separately about planning and policy implications, and Hamilton speaks on overall impacts facing the basin, how agriculture, particularly pinot noir production, may be threatened, what may happen to the region's vegetation, and how salmon may be affected.

 


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